Man burned in fire facing charge for making hash oil

Wednesday

A Springfield man who was badly burned in a December mobile home fire now faces a felony charge for making hash oil in connection with the blaze.

Juan Andres Cisneros, 24, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Lane County Circuit Court on one count of unlawfully manufacturing a cannabinoid extract.

Authorities said Cisneros was seriously injured in a Dec. 5 fire that destroyed a mobile home in the 4400 block of Daisy Street.

His mother was inside the home when the fire started, along with his 7-year-old brother and 5-year-old nephew. They were uninjured.

Cisneros received treatment for his burns at a Portland hospital, officials said.

According to a probable-cause affidavit filed in support of the criminal charge, Cisneros told a police officer that he had used butane bottles and a stove to make hash oil.

Cisneros said he had taken the empty bottles into his bedroom and that one of them exploded — causing the fire — while he used a propane torch to heat a pipe with which he smoked concentrated doses of cannabis, the affidavit says.

Police said in December that they found evidence at the scene consistent with hash oil manufacturing, a practice in which a solvent such as butane is used to extract THC from marijuana plant material.

Cisneros’ mother told police that her son emerged from his bedroom with one of his legs on fire. The woman told the children to run out of the home and to let out her dogs before the fire spread to the rest of the structure, according to the affidavit.

Officials said in December that Cisneros suffered burns to his face, arms and legs.